![]() ![]() – So they decided it based on your demo and the picture of you on a horse. It sounds like they really liked it (laughs). (laughs), I didn’t have a lot of pictures of myself, and I thought I might as well send them one that stood out (laughs). I submitted a demo and my profile, with a picture of me riding a horse attached.Įvan: Well. I was very interested in robot anime, and I thought my melody would be a great fit for it, so I wanted to do it no matter what. – How did you get involved with Schwarzesmarken?Įvan: First, the offer came to our company. They decided on Junpei Fujita-san’s catchy pop melody, but they also asked for the arrangement to be like my demo. For example, on Mizuki-san’s “Avalon no Oukan”, we all submitted our own demos. While I’m bringing my own originality into it, it’s not good to stray too far away from what the producer wanted, so it’s best if I can get something within that range. – You’ve done the arrangements for songs like Nana Mizuki-san’s “Avalon no Oukan” and Minori Chihara-san’s “Arigatou, Daisuki”, and you’ve composed many other songs, so how do you go about that?Įvan: Generally I follow the orders of the producer, but as much as possible I always try to bring something even more than what they asked for. I hurt my throat then, and for a while I could barely speak (laughs). In the middle I have the main theme motif, and I put the death vocals on top of that.Įvan: That’s me (laughs). – I assume you did the vocals for the song track?Įvan: Yes. The anime and game BGMs are linked, so while there are some tracks that are only for the game, there are also some that will be in both. ![]() I thought I heard a track that sounded like that in the Schwarzesmarken PC game, so were you involved with the game as well?Įvan: Yes, I was in charge of both. – Your music often has a memorable symphonic metal sound to it, so that makes a lot of sense. I actually sing using death vocals for the Schwarzesmarken music (laughs). I also liked northern European black metal. – You mentioned that you liked metal until you were 18, so what artists did you like?Įvan: I liked European power metal like Blind Guardian and Rhapsody of Fire. Lately I like singing rock but I also sing opera. I wasn’t confident with an instrument so I chose to sing for my test. During the application process for college there was a performance test. He said you were a composer to watch out for, and mentioned at the end that you were in fact a really good singer.Įvan: I do sing (laughs). – I remember Agematsu-san mentioned you on Twitter in 2014. They were all watching me and I got really nervous (laughs). – Was Elements Garden president Noriyasu Agematsu at the interview?Įvan: A lot of people were there, including Agematsu-san. Some songs I wrote in college and some orchestral samples. – So you didn’t get in through their recruitment process, but with a demo tape and interview.Įvan: At the time, they weren’t looking for people, but I think it was rare for them to get an application from a foreigner, so they set up an interview for me.Įvan: A lot of things. I sent him a demo and got invited to an interview, and I ended up joining them. ![]() There, when I told a friend of my roommate that I wanted to write music, he said he’d talk to a friend of his, and introduced me to Junpei Fujita from Elements Garden. It was a foreigners’ “Super Otaku Party”, so I thought I’d go (laughs). Around that time, a roommate at the share house I was living in invited me to a party. But, if I couldn’t find a job in 3 months my visa would expire, so I thought that if I couldn’t find a music job by then, I’d become an English teacher. After I graduated from the Berklee College of Music, I was wondering whether I should head to Hollywood to do film scores, but the Japanese anime and games I liked had a lot of different genres, so I thought that if I could break into that industry, I’d be able to write a wider selection of music, so I came here on a tourist visa. – How did you become affiliated with Elements Garden?Įvan: That was a real coincidence. I got hooked on that show and got into Japanese anime that way. The show that had the most impact on me was Samurai 7 (2004, GONZO). What shows led you to have an interest in Japanese anime?Įvan Call: When I was kid, a friend of mine who liked Japanese anime got me to watch shows like Pokemon and Digimon. – First off, I’d like to ask how you wound up composing music in Japan. (The original interview can be found here.) ![]()
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